Ontario is adding hundreds of ICU beds. But does it have the resources to support them?
As ICU admissions continue to soar in Ontario, the province says it s adding 350 more ICU beds by the end of the week. But just how much of an impact can more beds have when health-care experts say critical care is already pushed to the brink?
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Province has touted more beds as a way to help hospitals. But experts say beds alone won’t help
Posted: Apr 14, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 14
Medical staff in the ICU at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto turn a COVID-19 patient who is intubated and on a ventilator from his back to his stomach. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
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My daughter, Charles-Anne Wardlaw, and my son, Chris, are nurses at Sault Area Hospital. Their dedication to their profession over the years has made this parent proud, and it has become especially that way during the pandemic. During it they have followed the rules laid down by the government and health officials in the fight against Covid-19 to such an extent that as of this writing I haven’t had a visit since sometime in December. I know I am not alone in this. I suspect it is occurring in most families with nurses within their ranks. But not all.
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Publishing date: Mar 08, 2021 • March 8, 2021 • 3 minute read • Toronto nurse Jessica Faraone is pictured on the balcony of her condo on March 7., 2021. She is in quarantine at home after returning last week from Tanzania where she volunteered at a medical clinic. Photographer Jack Boland took this picture from the ground while Faraone stood on her fourth-floor balcony. Photo by JACK BOLAND /TORONTO SUN
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Jessica Faraone is the nurse who attracted a firestorm of criticism when she arrived at Pearson and refused to wear a mask, take a COVID test or go to a hotel.
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